Welfare Benefits Advisor London - £30,970 per annum This is based on 35 hours per week, usually worked between 9.30 to 17.30. Disability Law Service is a Disabled People’s Organisation (DPO), which means that we are user-led, with 75% of our trustees and well over 50% of our employees being... read more →
Sep
22
Mar
01
DLS welcomes the report issued by EHRC yesterday on its Inquiry into challenging decisions about adult social care. We support the 13 recommendations made in the report and urge the UK government and other bodies mentioned to adopt them. DLS gave evidence to the Inquiry, and in particular in relation... read more →
Feb
03
DLS is pleased to announce that our new CEO is Mike Smith. Mike starts with us officially on 6 February although he’s already been getting to know the board and team. For over 12 years Mike has been CEO of Real, the successful user-led organisation of disabled people in the... read more →
Jun
10
Disabled people are entitled to have reasonable adjustments made in their workplace conditions in order to ensure that they are able to work and can do so effectively as part of their employment. This right is provided for under the Equality Act 2010, which currently requires employers to make ‘reasonable... read more →
Mar
15
The Disability Law Service (DLS), which provides free legal advice to disabled people and their carers to ensure they have access to their rights and justice, is pleased to announce Rich Watts as its new chair of the Board of Trustees (as of 7 February 2018). Rich brings over 15... read more →
Mar
15
The Disability Law Service (DLS), which provides free legal advice to disabled people and their carers to ensure they have access to their rights and justice, is pleased to announce Rich Watts as its new chair of trustees (as of 7 February 2018). Rich brings over 15 years’ experience working... read more →
Nov
30
We believe that the law should provide better support for carers who wish to work. We are working to have the law changed. We have now finished our survey and will be sharing the results soon.
Nov
06
This week (6-11 November) is National Pro Bono Week, an annual week to recognise the contribution lawyers make, free-of-charge, to many people and organisations in need of legal advice who otherwise would not be able to afford it. The event is run by the National Pro Bono Centre and details can be... read more →
Sep
06
We are delighted to have been able to support the innovative employability project Moving Up run by Muscular Dystrophy UK by providing training in employment and discrimination law to a group of Muscular Dystrophy UK volunteers who will now go on to become ‘Ambassadors’ teaching what they have learnt to... read more →
Sep
05
DLS is delighted to have formed a relationship with Evenbreak, a platform for disabled job-seekers. Below we set out a few words from Jane Hatton, the founder of Evenbreak “It’s difficult for anyone to get a job. And if you are disabled, it’s doubly hard (disabled people are twice as... read more →